Queen marks diamond jubilee
On wave of popularity:
UK: Britain will mark the diamond jubilee of
Queen Elizabeth II with four days of celebrations beginning on
Saturday that include a 1,000-boat river pageant and a star-studded
concert.
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‘War against unhealthy habits’:
New York Mayor to ban super-size fizzy drinks
USA: New York’s billionaire Mayor Michael
Bloomberg extended his war against unhealthy habits Thursday with an
unprecedented proposal for banning super-sized sweet drinks. The
ban, possibly taking effect by next March, would target what
Bloomberg, already a leading crusader for clean living, calls a
fatness “epidemic.”
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Sixties icons still rocking
The Beach Boys release their first album of new
songs in years next week to mark their 50th birthday -- joining an
elite band of icons celebrating half a century of music that still
rocks the world. In the same year the California group first surfed
into the charts -- 1962 -- Bob Dylan was strumming his way into pop
culture history,
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